"Father."The word rang through Ken's soul like a bell struck in an empty temple.His eyes flew wide. "What did you call me?"The White Tiger gave no answer. Its head hung half-trapped in the cracked cocoon, and its enormous white eye drifted shut again, as though the word had cost it everything.BOOM!Ken's soul convulsed. Something hurled him out of his own consciousness, and the world went black.He was falling. Wind screamed past his ears. Darkness swallowed everything."Ken!"Suzuki's voice drifted down from somewhere far above. He twisted his neck and caught a glimpse of her through the collapsing passage, a tiny figure fading fast.'Think. Don't panic. Think.'He circulated his Beast Qi, but he was only a Level 22 Beast Master. Flying was a fantasy."Thunder Step!"Purple lightning detonated beneath his feet, and his descent slowed, but only slightly. There was nothing below him to push against."Ken!" Suzuki lunged, her fingers stretching toward him.Then a second collapse tor